Notice and Note Signposts

a sharp contrast between what we would expect and what we observe the character doing OR behavior that contradicts previous behavior or well-established patterns

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Aha Moment

• Again and Again

• Tough Questions

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events, images, or particular words that recur over a portion of the novel or story or during the whole work

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

• Again and Again

• Aha Moment

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when a character remembers something that interrupts the forward progress of the story; a flashback

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Tough Questions

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a character’s realization of something that shifts his or her actions or understanding of him/herself, others, or the world around him or her (a lightbulb moment)

• Again and Again

• Tough Questions

• Memory Moment

• Aha Moment

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 questions a character raises that reveal his or her inner struggle(s)

• Tough Questions

• Memory Moment

• Aha Moment

• Words of the Wiser

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the advice or insight a wiser character–usually older–offers about life to the main character

• Memory Moment

• Tough Questions

• Words of the Wiser

• Again and Again

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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